Very cool Field Trip 2017 line-up announced

Field Trip has just announced their summer 2017 line-up and it's very, very good.

Headlining will be none other than Broken Social Scene - a complete freaking religious experience of a live show and one of the most transcendent experiences of my life - along with Phoenix, A Tribe Called Red and Feist.

It's taking place at Fort York on June 3 and 4.

Portugal. The Man, Badbadnotgood, The Pharcyde, Cloud Nothings, Thundercat James Vincent McMorrow, Joseph, Tei Shi, Timber Timbre, LP, Royal Canoe, Harrison, Hannah Georgas, Overcoats, Bernice, Walrus, Nefe and Jaunt are also on the bill.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 10 with all the details on the Field Trip site.

Field Trip is easily one of the best festivals in the Toronto summer festival calendar and one that I look forward to every year. This line-up makes it extra special.

Here are some tunes from some of the artists I'm most looking forward to seeing.

Broken Social Scene

Phoenix

Feist

A Tribe Called Red

Portugal. The Man

Badbadnotgood

The Pharcyde

Cloud Nothings

Thundercat

Joseph

Tei Shi

LP

Royal Canoe

Hannah Georgas

Overcoats

Walrus

Nefe

Jaunt

And here are some of my pics of the artists from other shows:

TURF 2015: Day 1, Club Bonus Series and Preview Series Compendium - Concert Pictures

Day 1 of the 2015 of TURF, The Toronto Urban Roots Festival, was fantastic. The weather was great, the crowd, as always, was fantastic and, of course, the music was sublime.

Prior to the big festival at Fort York, the TURF team put on a Club Bonus Series the coincided with the main festival, as well as a Preview Series. I didn't make it out to all those extra shows, but for the ones that I did, my posts are linked below.

If you missed my individual posts, here's all of day one in one place, plus links to my Club Bonus Series and Preview Series posts.

Main Festival

Fishbone

Of Monsters and Men

The Sadies

The Avett Brothers

Murder by Death

Built to Spill

Desaparecidos

Restorations

Shakey Graves

Cold Specks

Catl

Club Bonus Series

Fishbone

Sate

Les Hôtesses d'Hilaire

Royal Canoe

Highs

Preview Series

Northcote

Click through for pics of each performance, my thoughts, and some music from each of these amazing artists.

Keep watching this space for individual posts on each act that I caught on Day 2 and Day 3 of TURF.

TURF 2015 Club Bonus Series: Royal Canoe at Lee's Palace - Concert Pictures

Royal Canoe were the headliners for the first TURF Club Bonus Series show at Lee's Palace on September 16. ​They're an indie pop band from Winnipeg and Steinbeck, Manitoba. Highs, the opening band, really built these guys up saying things like their new songs are the best songs ever.

Royal Canoe deliver cool dance beats, bass-heavy grooves. layers of instrumentation and elaborate use of effects. The band mentioned that they're mixing their new album remotely while they're on the road, so we can expect new music from them in the not-too-distant future.

I know everyone wants a packed house; a sold out show. But selfishly, the crowd size at Lee's this night was the perfect size. The floor was full and bopping with good natured dancers. The second level was well populated but with enough space to allow me to move around the whole club and get a wide range of pics.

Check out some tunes:

"Bathtubs"

"Nightcrawlin'"

"Hold Onto the Metal"

"Birthday"

"Button Fumbla"

TURF announces Club Bonus Series: Royal Canoe, Murder by Death, Desaparecidos, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Restorations, CATL, Will Butler and more at Lee's Palace

So we got the TURF festival line-up for Fort York. We got the Club Preview Series with Northcote (check out my pics from that show) and upcoming shows from Birds of Bellwoods August 13 at Lee's Palace and Union Duke August 21 at The Horseshoe. We get the Club Bonus Series, where you get to go from a fantastic day of the sights, sounds and tastes of TURF at Fort York, to the cozy confines of The Horseshoe or Lee's Palace to take in more great music. The announcement of The Horseshoe shows came about a week ago. Now we get the Club Bonus Series details for Lee's Palace, with one more show announcement to come on July 21. I think that TURF may turn out to be the music event of the year here in Toronto!

The Club Bonus Series at Lee's Palace runs from September 16-21 and features acts including Royal Canoe, Murder by Death, Desaparecidos, St. Paul & The Broken Bones and Will Butler. Fantastic bands like CATL, Restorations, Highs, Hop Along and Julian Taylor Band are opening. Off the top, I think that Desaparecidos, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, CATL and Restorations are not to be missed. I'm just getting acquainted with some of the other artists.

You can get in by buying a VIP Plus ticket for access to all TURF shows or individual tickets to the club shows. Tickets go on sale this Thursday, July 16 at noon.

The dates / shows are:
September 16 Royal Canoe w/ Highs
September 17 Murder By Death w/ Restorations & CATL
September 19 Desaparecidos w/ Hop Along
September 20 St. Paul & The Broken Bones w/ Julian Taylor Band
September 21 Will Butler

Listen and pick your shows:

Royal Canoe

Murder By Death

Desaparecidos

St. Paul & The Broken Bones

Highs

Restorations

CATL (check out my pics from their show at The Shoe in January)

Hop Along

Julian Taylor Band

Will Butler